{"id":93631,"date":"2025-10-22T05:26:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93631\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T05:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T05:26:06","slug":"pbs-socal-telethon-to-air-in-wake-of-trumps-public-broadcasting-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93631\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS SoCal Telethon to Air In Wake of Trump’s Public Broadcasting Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIn the wake of the Trump administration\u2019s defunding of public broadcasting, local stations PBS<\/a> SoCal (KOCE and KCET) are planning a telethon next week from the PBS outfit\u2019s Burbank Studios home. \u201cWe \u2764 Public Television!\u201d is billed as a live, three hour telethon \u201chonoring 55 remarkable years of public television \u2013 America\u2019s trusted, free public media service that reaches every city, town and rural community across the nation.\u200b.. This program celebrates the extraordinary musical artists and personalities who have graced PBS stages and screens, showcasing the cultural richness that public media and local PBS stations offer all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSet to take place on Saturday, Nov, 8 at 4 p.m. PT, Rickey Minor will serve as music director for the telecast. Guests right now are scheduled to include Josh Groban<\/a>, Jamie Lee Curtis<\/a>, Ken Burns, Ziggy Marley, Lily Tomlin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Marlee Matlin, Nicholas Ralph, Noel Paul Stookey, Rick Steves, David Foster and Katharine McPhee, Adam Arkin, Courtney Vance, Martha Plimpton, Joe Bonamassa, Shel\u00e9a, Jesse Cook, Judy Blume, Celtic Woman, Sarah Silverman, Mychal the Librarian, Lindsey Stirling and more. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe telethon will also feature performances from Nashville PBS including Kathy Mattea, Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle and Ketch Secor. <\/p>\n

\n\tAfter its initial broadcast on PBS SoCal<\/a>, \u201cWe \u2764 Public Television\u201d will air on PBS stations across the country on Thursday, Nov. 27 (Thanksgiving night). It will also be available on the PBS app from Nov. 27 to Dec. 24. Additionally, PBS SoCal will rebroadcast the event on Thanksgiving night at 7 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis telethon is going to be a giant lovefest celebrating public television,\u201d said Maura Daly Phinney, who is serving as exec producer of the telethon for PBS SoCal. \u201cWe will feature great music, some classic clips from viewers\u2019 favorite PBS series and a few surprises. Every contribution that viewers make will go to their local public television station and help them fill the gap created by the loss of our federal funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBesides the live musical performances and celebrity appearances, \u201cWe \u2764 Public Television!\u201d will include viewer testimonials and archival material from public television shows including \u201cMasterpiece,\u201d \u201cAustin City Limits,\u201d \u201cGreat Performances\u201d and \u201cSesame Street.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the wake of the Trump administration\u2019s defunding of public broadcasting, local stations PBS SoCal (KOCE and KCET)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":93632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,25946,69734,111,139,69,5864,69735,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-93631","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-jamie-lee-curtis","10":"tag-josh-groban","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-pbs","15":"tag-pbs-socal","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}